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the bail application is an important bail application. we commenced with the bail application last week and i can categorically say that if the accused was to the correctional facility rather than the police house and may well have necessitated that the outcome of this bail application may have been delayed by quite a few days and that is what i sought to avoid. in addition to the prevention of any argument that the accused rights to prevent evidence which states the accused should be given the opportunity to satisfy the court that exceptional circumstances exist and such reasonable opportunity in this instance necessitated into earlier that his counsel could consult with him, return to consult with him and i would imagine that that would have been quite an extensive and laborious process. i do, however, wish to stress that i am not creating any precedent in this regard insofar as the detention of the accused in matters of the district courts, as each case will have to be dealt with on its own merits. in support of his application for bai
the bail application is an important bail application. we commenced with the bail application last week and i can categorically say that if the accused was to the correctional facility rather than the police house and may well have necessitated that the outcome of this bail application may have been delayed by quite a few days and that is what i sought to avoid. in addition to the prevention of any argument that the accused rights to prevent evidence which states the accused should be given the...
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are third applicant is mr. scott spertzel. >> i am reapplying for alternate member for board 1, which is served for the past three years. i have 15 years of experience as a certified public accountant doing both public, accounting work and litigation matters as expert testimony. during the past three years i had the opportunity to work as a hearing officer. i am also a certified fraud examiner. any questions? >> seeing none, thank you very much. [indiscernible] and last but not least we do have ms. donna crowder. >> hi my name is donna crowder. thank you. supervisor yee, nice to see you. i live in your district. my work experience as it relates to this alternate position for board 1, i have been a real estate broker since 1977, and independent for 20 years now with -- coldwell banker. during my tenure i sold or manner of commercial, and business properties. i specialize in high-end residential sales at this time of my career and development. i have been very active in the san francisco association of realtors a
are third applicant is mr. scott spertzel. >> i am reapplying for alternate member for board 1, which is served for the past three years. i have 15 years of experience as a certified public accountant doing both public, accounting work and litigation matters as expert testimony. during the past three years i had the opportunity to work as a hearing officer. i am also a certified fraud examiner. any questions? >> seeing none, thank you very much. [indiscernible] and last but not...
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six applicants. for me personally, it's hard when you have so many qualified applicants. i was impressed with mr. hershkowitz as well; i would like to point you for a seat not just because of your background but because of your enthusiasm. and making it easier for many of our homeowners. i would like to see you go forward and one of those seats as well. i was equally impressed by all the other candidates; it is nice to have female candidates. it's great to see so many women opposite the last committee. especially in real estate property here in san francisco. i was impressed by diana, daniel, joyce lewis, luisa mendoza. unfortunately i do not get to speak with -- a land-use attorney. typically we ask that candidates come before us but ms. crisp made a particular outreach to our office knowing that she could not be here today and i appreciate that. with the permanent alternate seats, i would like to ask the candidates if you have a preference between permanent and temporary so that we don't put you on places where you might have a slight not preference for. with joyce it w
six applicants. for me personally, it's hard when you have so many qualified applicants. i was impressed with mr. hershkowitz as well; i would like to point you for a seat not just because of your background but because of your enthusiasm. and making it easier for many of our homeowners. i would like to see you go forward and one of those seats as well. i was equally impressed by all the other candidates; it is nice to have female candidates. it's great to see so many women opposite the last...
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a lot of this money is free money. >> the application, the fafsa is an application that allows students to qualify for all types of financial aids. with that one application students can qualify for state aid. for programs like the cal grant. the board of governor's waiver for students going to community college, which is free money they'll never have to pay back as well as qualify from scholarships from their institutions as well as federal aid like the pell grant which is also free money and other loans as well if students need to and families need to actually access that type of resource. with that one application there is various amounts of types of financial aid available to them. the one important thing that's taken place this year and one of the most important changes in terms of financial aid is our 8540 and undocumented students are able to qualify. it allows them to finally access financial aid. >> check that off your list. if you're applying for college, check cash or money or funding for college because that should no longer be an issue with all of these opportunities out th
a lot of this money is free money. >> the application, the fafsa is an application that allows students to qualify for all types of financial aids. with that one application students can qualify for state aid. for programs like the cal grant. the board of governor's waiver for students going to community college, which is free money they'll never have to pay back as well as qualify from scholarships from their institutions as well as federal aid like the pell grant which is also free...
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and the applicant premise is located in a high crime area. the premise is located in the census track 128. located in undue concentration area. and there were no letters of protests nor were there any letters of support. the department recommendation is based on there is no opposition from southern station. the alcohol licensing unit of the san francisco police department recommends approval. the following conditions have been recommended to the california department of alcohol beverage control. number one, sales, service and consumption of alcoholic beverages should be permitted between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 12 a.m. every day of the week. off sale consumption is prohibited >> loitering to stand about and linger without lawful business is prohibited on any side walks or property ajay sense to the premises. number four, no noise shall be audible beyond the area under the control of the licensee at this find on the abc form 8257. and finally, number five, the interior lighting there in shall be sufficient to make easily decertainable the a
and the applicant premise is located in a high crime area. the premise is located in the census track 128. located in undue concentration area. and there were no letters of protests nor were there any letters of support. the department recommendation is based on there is no opposition from southern station. the alcohol licensing unit of the san francisco police department recommends approval. the following conditions have been recommended to the california department of alcohol beverage...
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i have demonstrated and in this application, at this application has presented. part of the application was submitted and approved several months before it started. and so, i would appreciate the court to consider, yeah what the penalty has been applied to this permit. it is the violation and we have picked up the permit and the time that i was surprised that it was i was penalized nine times of the permit fees. so that is it. have any questions? >> >> sir, it is actually ten times. but, yeah... you indicated that you are a property manager? >> i am the owner of the property. >> the owner? >> and have you had to have permits before? >> yes. >> and always i, every job we have done in the building was always, it is done we do a permit. only this job, every even you started the demolition and do something of the work usually the consequences is that you have to get the permit in order to do that ti work, the new construction. i did not really just realize that would be just in the violation. because in the past, we picked up the permit and it was the permit for the
i have demonstrated and in this application, at this application has presented. part of the application was submitted and approved several months before it started. and so, i would appreciate the court to consider, yeah what the penalty has been applied to this permit. it is the violation and we have picked up the permit and the time that i was surprised that it was i was penalized nine times of the permit fees. so that is it. have any questions? >> >> sir, it is actually ten times....
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san francisco processes applications. the applications then go to the state and the state then issues the identification card. under the state statute or under senate bill 420 which created the legislation for this it says "proof of identity". now, a manager at the department of public health told me they accept valid id but somebody else said "we really don't check the expiration date on the id that is submitted" and the reason they didn't is because it's not part of the process. they have a very am standard. to identify. the police department can't reasonably accept that to prove someone's identity because the standards are really loose. >> what about physical identification process like fingerprinting? >> that's a good question. fingerprints -- if a person puts down their name and let's say they're fingerprinted like life scan. the appellant was life scanned. if they weren't fingerprinted anywhere else those go to the person's name so you won't get anything different. it's what the person was originally fingerprinted o
san francisco processes applications. the applications then go to the state and the state then issues the identification card. under the state statute or under senate bill 420 which created the legislation for this it says "proof of identity". now, a manager at the department of public health told me they accept valid id but somebody else said "we really don't check the expiration date on the id that is submitted" and the reason they didn't is because it's not part of the...
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that should be part of the application. and i get them because i am referenced. so i don't know where we can lead with reference. >> what do you tell them, staff? >> what do you tell them with regard to neighborhood out reach? >> we explain to them that it is surely important that they do the neighborhood out reach to move through this hearing process. but not only the reasons, do these questions matter quite a bit and a security plan is a very big deal with that neighborhood out reach is vital because we have two representatives of neighbors here. hello. and i have not done this in a while since nicholas has been working with applicants but i am pretty sure that he goes through with a lot of specificity about how likely it is that they will not move through the heang without having done out reach. we do, or we have given them the url for the neighborhood empowerment, network, website, where they list the community groups to the planning department, where they list the community groups. there is no process like commissioner
that should be part of the application. and i get them because i am referenced. so i don't know where we can lead with reference. >> what do you tell them, staff? >> what do you tell them with regard to neighborhood out reach? >> we explain to them that it is surely important that they do the neighborhood out reach to move through this hearing process. but not only the reasons, do these questions matter quite a bit and a security plan is a very big deal with that neighborhood...
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we will prioritize the applications based on speed and volume and collisions and finding what the top locations are for each year. because we know that -- even with the prioritization within the application base track it still is the one applications that we receive from residents, so we want to reserve funding for doing -- sort of local pro-active efforts which we still achieving the benefits but focus on locations there is increased biking and walking and that might be partnering with another program and it might make it more comfortable and looking for those opportunities and improving geographic opportunity if there are areas that we receive more applications than others we want an opportunity to see if anything is missed through the application process, so the improvements we're recommending is about $500,000 a year and the other is $600,000 a year and for the school track we wanted to be more proactive and reduce speeds around schools and we match through the traffic calming projects and increase school area safety that include traffic calming as a component. a lot of funding wi
we will prioritize the applications based on speed and volume and collisions and finding what the top locations are for each year. because we know that -- even with the prioritization within the application base track it still is the one applications that we receive from residents, so we want to reserve funding for doing -- sort of local pro-active efforts which we still achieving the benefits but focus on locations there is increased biking and walking and that might be partnering with another...
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applicant here? >> so, before we hear from the permit holder, as you may remember before you on december fourth, you should find in your binders the motion that was passed and the conditions of that motion relative to this extended hours permit. there were a couple of requests in there. i think that commissioner hyde, in fact, asked them to come back tonight. and additional out reach was one of those, as well as modifications to the exterior sign, advertising 24-hour service. so that should be requested in addition. i just need to inform the applicant as well as the commission that there are two outstanding approvals from dbi and electrical that i have not received yet. so this permit is not done yet. >> which means that you cannot operate after 2:00 in the morning. >> and until we approve a permit here as a conditional permit. is approved on the condition that you get all of the needed approvals for your final sign-off. once the final sign-off happens, then you actually receive the permit. once you
applicant here? >> so, before we hear from the permit holder, as you may remember before you on december fourth, you should find in your binders the motion that was passed and the conditions of that motion relative to this extended hours permit. there were a couple of requests in there. i think that commissioner hyde, in fact, asked them to come back tonight. and additional out reach was one of those, as well as modifications to the exterior sign, advertising 24-hour service. so that...
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so, any member of the public wish to address this application? >> okay. seeing none, the matter is with the commission. >> motion? >> i move to approve. >> i second. >> the conditions commissioners? >> sorry. that is the police conditions. >> yeah. >> second that. >> commissioner akers? >> aye. >> perez >> aye. >> hyde. >> aye. >> joseph. >> aye. >> lee. >> aye. >> newlin >> aye. >> approved and good luck. >> robert patterson, dba, ken, ken ramen, 3376, 18th street, place of entertainment permit application. >> a complaint with this address, and once that complaint has been resolved, this item can be calendared again. >> so we are continuing this item? wonderful. >> now is there a public comment or a motion to continue? >> do we need a motion to continue? >> okay. well do we have a motion to continue? >> any public comment on the continuation of this issue? >> none? >> all right. then how about a motion to continue? >> i move to continue the item. >> second. >> item has been continued. >> now i notice that the next four items are all extended permits for
so, any member of the public wish to address this application? >> okay. seeing none, the matter is with the commission. >> motion? >> i move to approve. >> i second. >> the conditions commissioners? >> sorry. that is the police conditions. >> yeah. >> second that. >> commissioner akers? >> aye. >> perez >> aye. >> hyde. >> aye. >> joseph. >> aye. >> lee. >> aye. >> newlin >>...
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. >> so, would i encourage the applicant to please reach out to the district supervisor, and i know that they want to have an opportunity to talk to you. and i would also encourage you to reach out to the rest of the community, i think that it is only that could only help you something that could only help you. so without objection, thank you. >> if you could please call item number five. thank you mr. chair, item number five is the hearing to consider the issue ans of the on sale beer license to angel davis and nguej lay for 7682. >> i am here to ask permission to open a beer and wine bar at 315 ivy in haze valley. i have been managing the building for at last ten years and my best friend and partner angle davis and i would like to open a wine bar there and i was born and raised in san francisco. i went to schools all in the richmond. >> yeah, the richmond district. >> the same as my father who went to all three schools. my father operated and ran a deli a couple of blocks away from here for 40 years. is he now working with my grandmother up on market and church. she also has a deli up
. >> so, would i encourage the applicant to please reach out to the district supervisor, and i know that they want to have an opportunity to talk to you. and i would also encourage you to reach out to the rest of the community, i think that it is only that could only help you something that could only help you. so without objection, thank you. >> if you could please call item number five. thank you mr. chair, item number five is the hearing to consider the issue ans of the on sale...
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applicant is true to the notification that was given? >> at the initial notification, it was correct. >> thank you. >> we'll take public comment now. can i see a show of hands of how many people will speak to this item. keep in mind any owners of the business listed as 2nd street merchants should not be participating at this time. if you could please line up on the far wall and if you have not already filled out a speaker card, you are not required to, but it helps us in the preparation of minutes. >> i will limit testimony to two minutes. >> okay. first speaker can begin. >> good evening commissioners. ken cleveland, representing the building owners and managers association. i would just like to go back to the starbucks objection. the applicant seems to feel that starbucks does not continue to object. i talked to kim winston, who is the senior manager for government affairs for starbucks, and starbucks is loath to be publicly opposed to small independents, of course. they are 17,000 nationwide/world wide operation and they are not going
applicant is true to the notification that was given? >> at the initial notification, it was correct. >> thank you. >> we'll take public comment now. can i see a show of hands of how many people will speak to this item. keep in mind any owners of the business listed as 2nd street merchants should not be participating at this time. if you could please line up on the far wall and if you have not already filled out a speaker card, you are not required to, but it helps us in the...
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and they serve brunch, lunch and dinner, the purpose of this application, according to the application is to allow the applicant to have live music which was a stimulation in this llp. and the performances would be indoor only. and at the locations designated on the diagram in your packet and so hopefully you found that. again, llp does require indoor only, ending at 10 p.m. and an accessory used for the primary use of the restaurant. >> would you please define accessory use, for the commissioners who don't know what that means. >> the planning department defines it as not more than 200 square feet of performance space within a location that is also primarily used for a different function, not an entertainment function. >> so there are a couple of people here, i know that there gluston here but i saw him come in the room. >> you are up. >> thank you for your time. my name is pete glustern. we have been opened at jones for two years this week, it is going great. we have got most of our operational stuff down to a science now. what we
and they serve brunch, lunch and dinner, the purpose of this application, according to the application is to allow the applicant to have live music which was a stimulation in this llp. and the performances would be indoor only. and at the locations designated on the diagram in your packet and so hopefully you found that. again, llp does require indoor only, ending at 10 p.m. and an accessory used for the primary use of the restaurant. >> would you please define accessory use, for the...
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a amil is over that age and has no application to this proceeding so i would hope that you fairly and reasonably apply the facts to the ordinance requirement, and reverse. thank you. >> counselor, why did your client let her license lapse? >> there was some mix up in when the fee was due, and in fact not so long after when it was realized it was due mr. amil went to the -- i don't remember all of the details, but he went to the office where you pay fees and brought a check, and there was some mix up what it was applied for, but the bottom line it wasn't paid timely in 2010, so they required the new application, and they wouldn't process it because of the id thing and they kept continuing it for a long time and she made efforts to get it. she was obviously motivated to engage in her work and has not been able to do so. >> okay. >> we believe that a proper investigation starts with knowing who the person is. in 2003 if she was able to obtain government id the state was comfortable knowing it was issued to a particular person. i disagree with the attorney regarding what the real identifi
a amil is over that age and has no application to this proceeding so i would hope that you fairly and reasonably apply the facts to the ordinance requirement, and reverse. thank you. >> counselor, why did your client let her license lapse? >> there was some mix up in when the fee was due, and in fact not so long after when it was realized it was due mr. amil went to the -- i don't remember all of the details, but he went to the office where you pay fees and brought a check, and...
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will vote on the application and may attach conditions. the applicant is usually not done with inspections at that point. 40 days have elapsed, not a lot of time to have heard from six departments. once they are done with the long list the last thing is the sound inspection. we have a sound inspector on staff who does this. he goes to the space, sets a decibel limit. if there are specific neighbors above or cross the street or whatever, flushed out through this process and they want him to go to their house he will happy to do that. he will ask them to raise or lower the volume until it cannot be heard. that becomes part of the permit. once the permit is issued, we trust that it will operate without issue. there is a whole enforcement process but that is the end of the process. i will add a word on conditions that you attach in the conditional use process or that we attach; with our commission there is a desire, well-intentioned, to micromanage the day-to-day operation of the space with conditions. you have 30-40 years of old permits; if y
will vote on the application and may attach conditions. the applicant is usually not done with inspections at that point. 40 days have elapsed, not a lot of time to have heard from six departments. once they are done with the long list the last thing is the sound inspection. we have a sound inspector on staff who does this. he goes to the space, sets a decibel limit. if there are specific neighbors above or cross the street or whatever, flushed out through this process and they want him to go...
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the permit application says hours of operation 7:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.. >>> i've spoken to them, the couple about the security and it's provided around the building by the local merchants. >> oh, so the mall offers it? i'm trying to get the time right. >> i'll have lie on speak to totally clarify that with you. >> commissioners, i might just suggest that you might amend the condition to agree with opening hours to closing hours. >> i was thinking the same thing. >> it might move around, then you want security there all the time. >> is that okay with everybody? we'll amend that condition to say from opening until close. >> that works, okay. >> any other questions? >> have you had a chance to look at the doors into the singing rooms? are you satisfied with -- >> yes, there is actually one door i did walk through with mr. crouere. it did not have a window. within the week he corrected that problem. i was very satisfied with that. >> great. any other -- no? okay, thank you. public comment, any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is
the permit application says hours of operation 7:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.. >>> i've spoken to them, the couple about the security and it's provided around the building by the local merchants. >> oh, so the mall offers it? i'm trying to get the time right. >> i'll have lie on speak to totally clarify that with you. >> commissioners, i might just suggest that you might amend the condition to agree with opening hours to closing hours. >> i was thinking the same thing....
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san francisco processes applications. the applications then go to the state and the state then issues the identification card. under the state statute or under senate bill 420 which created the legislation for this it says "proof of identity". now, a manager at the department of public health told me they accept valid id but somebody else said "we really don't check the expiration date on the id that is submitted" and the reason they didn't is because it's not part of the process. they have a very am standard. to identify. the police
san francisco processes applications. the applications then go to the state and the state then issues the identification card. under the state statute or under senate bill 420 which created the legislation for this it says "proof of identity". now, a manager at the department of public health told me they accept valid id but somebody else said "we really don't check the expiration date on the id that is submitted" and the reason they didn't is because it's not part of the...